You're probably guessed that this week's listings are from the Twin Cities. And remember, comment approval may be slow this week while I'm on secret assignment.
2 KTCA (PBS)
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MORNING
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6:15
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COLLEGE
FOR WORKING ADULTS
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6:45
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WEATHER
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7
AM
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ISSUES
IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE
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7:30
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MISTER
ROGERS—Children
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8
AM
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SESAME
STREET (CC)—Children
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9
AM
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NOVA
(CC)
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10
AM
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WHY
IN THE WORLD
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10:30
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ELECTRIC
COMPANY—Company
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11
AM
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PEOPLE OF THE FIRST LIGHT (CC)—History
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11:30
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SESAME
STREET (CC)—Children
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AFTERNOON
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12:30
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MISTER
ROGERS’ NEIGHBORHOOD—Children
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1
PM
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DICK
CAVETT
Guest:
Sidney Lumet
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1:30
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OVER
EASY (CC)
Guest: Helen Forrest
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2
PM
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MASTERPIECE
THEATRE (CC)
“A Town Like
Alice,” Part 3
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3
PM
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VICTORY
GARDEN—Thomson
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3:30
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MISTER
ROGERS—Children
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4
PM
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SESAME
STREET (CC)—Children
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5
PM
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ELECTRIC
COMPANY—Children
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5:30
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STUDIO
SEE—Children
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EVENING
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6
PM
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OVER
EASY (CC)
Guest:
Harriet Nelson
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6:30
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MacNEIL,
LEHRER REPORT
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7
PM
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NIGHTTIMES:
SPORTSLINE
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7:30
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DICK
CAVETT
Guest:
Jacqueline Bisset
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8
PM
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HUNTER
AND THE HUNTED—Documentary
Special
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9
PM
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WORLD—Documentary
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10
PM
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BUTTERFLIES—Comedy
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10:30
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OMEGA
FACTOR—Drama
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11:20
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SPY!—Drama
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12:20
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NIGHTTIMES:
SPORTSLINE
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4 WCCO (CBS)
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MORNING
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6
AM
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MOVIE—Comedy
“Loose in
London” (1953)
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7
AM
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NEWS
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7:30
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CHARLIE
ROSE
Guest: Sissy
Spacek
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8
AM
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PHIL
DONAHUE
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9
AM
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HOUR
MAGAZINE
Guests:
Phyllis George, Gregory Harrison
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10
AM
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PRICE
IS RIGHT—Game
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11
AM
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YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS—Serial
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AFTERNOON
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Noon
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NOON
REPORT
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12:30
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AS
THE WORLD TURNS—Serial
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1:30
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SEARCH
FOR TOMORROW
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2
PM
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GUIDING
LIGHT—Serial
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3
PM
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JOKER’S
WILD—Game
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3:30
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JOHN
DAVIDSON
Guests: Gary
Coleman, Ricky Schroder, Missy Gold, Glenn Scarpelli, Larry Wilson,
Marjabelle Stewart
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5
PM
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NEWS
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5:30
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CBS
NEWS—Dan Rather
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EVENING
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6
PM
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NEWS
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6:30
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PM
MAGAZINE
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7
PM
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MR.
MERLIN—Comedy
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7:30
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WKRP
IN CINCINNATI
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8
PM
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MOVIE—Drama
“A Few Days
in Weasel Creek” (Made-for-TV; 1981)
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10
PM
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NEWS
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10:30
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CAROL
BURNETT AND FRIENDS—Comedy
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11
PM
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WKRP
IN CINCINNATI
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11:35
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MOVIE—Comedy-Drama
“The Bingo
Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings” (1976)
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1:45
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NEWS
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1:55
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MOVIE—Drama
“Shadow of a
Doubt” (1942)
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2:15
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NEWS
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4
AM
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NEWS
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5 KSTP (ABC)
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MORNING
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6
AM
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COUNTRY
DAY—Gary Schendel
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6:30
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NEWS
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7
AM
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GOOD
MORNING AMERICA—David Hartman
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9
AM
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TWIN
CITIES TODAY
Guests: The
Lettermen, The Lockers
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10
AM
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LOVE
BOAT
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11
AM
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FAMILY
FEUD—Game
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11:30
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RYAN’S
HOPE—Serial
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AFTERNOON
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Noon
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ALL
MY CHILDREN—Serial
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1
PM
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ONE
LIFE TO LIVE—Serial
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2
PM
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GENERAL
HOSPITAL—Serial
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3
PM
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MATCH
GAME
Dick Martin,
Elaine Joyce, Richard Paul, McLean Stevenson, Brett Somers, Holly Hallstrom
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3:30
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HERE’S
LUCY—Comedy
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4
PM
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HAPPY
DAYS AGAIN—Comedy
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4:30
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HOGAN’S
HEROES—Comedy
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5
PM
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NEWS
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5:30
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ABC
NEWS—Frank Reynolds
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EVENING
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6
PM
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NEWS
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6:30
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ENTERTAINMENT
TONIGHT—Magazine
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7
PM
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WORLD
SERIES
Special:
Game Two from the American League city
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10:15
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NEWS
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10:45
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NIGHTLINE—Ted
Koppel
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11:15
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STARSKY
& HUTCH—Crime Drama
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12:15
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LOVE
BOAT
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1:25
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ENTERTAINMENT
TONIGHT—Magazine
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4
AM
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FILM
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4:30
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ABBOTT
AND COSTELLO
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5
AM
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TO
BE ANNOUNCED
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None of the pomp and ceremony that used to signal the World Series in TV Guide; just a note that the game's being played in the home of the American League rep. Of course, as I mentioned on Saturday, there wasn't much reason to get worked up about this baseball season.
9 KMSP (Ind.)
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MORNING
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6
AM
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700
CLUB—Religion
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7
AM
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FRED
FLINTSTONE & FRIENDS—Cartoon
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7:30
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GREAT
SPACE COASTER—Children
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8
AM
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KROFT
SUPERSTARS—Children
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8:30
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CASPER—Cartoon
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9
AM
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RICHARD
SIMMONS—Health
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9:30
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MORNING
STRETCH WITH JOANIE—Exercise
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10
AM
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PRISONER:
CELL BLOCK H—Drama
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10:30
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DARK
SECRETS OF HARVEST HOME—Drama
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11:30
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NEWS
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AFTERNOON
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Noon
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TIC
TAC DOUGH—Game
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12:30
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BULLSEYE—Game
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1
PM
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MIKE
DOUGLAS
Guest host:
Stuart Damon. Guests: Bill Hayes, Gloria Loring, Elizabeth Allen, Barb and
Steve North, James Mizell
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2
PM
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LEAVE
IT TO THE WOMEN
Panel:
Geraldine Papel, Phyllis Schlafly, Mary Murphy
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2:30
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DICK
VAN DYKE—Comedy
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3
PM
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POPEYE—Cartoon
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3:30
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SCOOBY
DOO—Children
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4
PM
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BRADY
BUNCH—Comedy
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4:30
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LITTLE
HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE
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5:30
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GOOD
TIMES
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EVENING
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6
PM
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BARNEY
MILLER—Comedy
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6:30
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ALL
IN THE FAMILY
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7
PM
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GUNSMOKE—Western
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8
PM
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NEW
YOU ASKED FOR IT—Rich Little
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8:30
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PEOPLE’S
COURT
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9
PM
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NEWS
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10
PM
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RHODA—Comedy
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10:30
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SATURDAY
NIGHT
Guest host:
Buck Henry. Musical guest: Gordon Lightfoot
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11:30
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SANFORD
AND SON—Comedy
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Mid.
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BEST
OF SULLIVAN
Guests:
Jackie Gleason and Art Carney, the Temptations
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1
AM
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MERV
GRIFFIN
Guests: Ann
Jillian, Rip Taylor, Brian Kerwin
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2
AM
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NEWS
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I'm sure the Honeymooners bit with Jackie Gleason and Art Carney on Best of Sullivan was probably a riot. Midnight is no time for a show like that to be on, though; us senior citizens who remember Sullivan can't stay up that late. . .
11 WTCN (NBC)
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MORNING
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5:30
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WHAT’S
NEW?—Nelson/Martin
Guests: Joan
Rivers, Arvonne Fraser
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6
AM
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JIM
BAKKER—Religion
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7
AM
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TODAY—Tom
Brokaw
Guest:
Viveca Lindfors
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9
AM
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LAS
VEGAS GAMBIT—Game
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9:30
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BLOCKBUSTERS—Game
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10
AM
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WHEEL
OF FORTUNE—Game
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10:30
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PASSWORD
PLUS—Game
Sorrell
Booke, Irlene Mandrell
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11
AM
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HEALTH
FIELD
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11:30
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DOCTORS—Serial
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AFTERNOON
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Noon
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DAYS
OF OUR LIVES—Serial
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1
PM
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ANOTHER
WORLD—Serial
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2
PM
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TEXAS—Serial
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3
PM
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WALTONS—Drama
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4
PM
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LAVERNE
& SHIRLEY & COMPANY—Comedy
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4:30
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M*A*S*H
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5
PM
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M*A*S*H
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5:30
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NBC
NEWS—John Chancellor
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EVENING
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6
PM
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NEWS
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6:30
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FAMILY
FEUD—Game
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7
PM
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REAL
PEOPLE
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8
PM
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MOVIE—Mystery
“Friendships,
Secrets and Lies” (Made-for-TV; 1979)
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10
PM
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NEWS
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10:30
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TONIGHT
Guests:
George Carlin, Pat Boone, Brenda Boozer
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11:30
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MARY
TYLER MOORE—Comedy
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Mid.
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BOB
NEWHART—Comedy
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12:30
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LOVE,
AMERICAN STYLE
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1
AM
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CHICO
AND THE MAN—Comedy
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Arvonne Fraser, one of the guests on What's New? with Nancy Nelson and Warren Martin, was, in addition to being the head of the Minnesota chapter of the National Organization for Women, the wife of Don Fraser, who represented Minneapolis in the U.S. House of Representatives, and would later become mayor of Minneapolis. My mother knew both of them back when she was working for Myers Printing, the official printer of the DFL, and liked them both, even though politically they were 180⁰ apart from her, That's how people were back then, although it might come as a shock to those today who can't separate ideology from any part of their lives.
17 KTCI (PBS)
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AFTERNOON
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4
PM
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MISTER
ROGERS—Children
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4:30
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ELECTRIC
COMPANY—Children
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5
PM
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PEOPLE
OF THE FIRST LIGHT (CC)
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5:30
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VILLA
ALEGRE—Children
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EVENING
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6
PM
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COLLEGE
FOR WORKING ADULTS
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6:30
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DICK
CAVETT
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7
PM
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SOCCER
MADE IN GERMANY
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8
PM
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MacNEIL,
LEHRER REPORT
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8:30
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OVER
EASY (CC)
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9
PM
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NOVA
(CC)
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10
PM
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DICK
CAVETT
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10:30
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CAPTIONED
ABC NEWS
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I can't help it—whenever I see the captioned ABC News on KTCI, I think of this:
TV
Tonight's top story: Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead...but on the move again!!! http://famagusta-gazette.com/2019/10/21/spain-confirms-exhumation-of-francos-remains-on-oct-24/
ReplyDeleteI'm surprised that KSTP still called its morning show TWIN CITIES TODAY. I'd think it would change the show's name to GOOD MORNING, TWIN CITIES after changing its affiliation from NBC to ABC. As an example, WATE-TV out of Knoxville, TN, which had the same NBC to ABC affiliation switch around the same time as KSTP-TV, changed its morning show's name from TODAY IN TENNESSEE to GOOD MORNING, TENNESSEE.
ReplyDeleteI can't be sure, but it's pretty likely that LOVE BOAT and STARSKY & HUTCH were from the ABC network. ABC, like CBS, carried late night programming to go against Carson's show, and I think it specifically carried those shows, and they were and had been (respectively) on ABC prime time. LOVE BOAT was also on ABC daytime, so LB was as spread out on ABC as MASH used to be on CBS before it was syndicated in 1979. When TV Land carried LOVE BOAT weekdays, I found that was more than I could take of the show, especially being an hour long.
Mitchell, you may remember a Twin Cities DJ named Charlie Bush, who had a show called CHARLIE HORSE not long after this time. I remember watching CHARLIE HORSE on WKRN-TV out of Nashville late summer 1982, and it was my first opportunity ever to see shows like DOBIE GILLIS and MY LITTLE MARGIE. This was a few years before the new (and then very good) Nick-at-Nite started carrying classic shows like Donna Reed's & Patty Duke's sitcoms.
An Aussie classic Prisoner Cell Block H at 10.00am on KMSP.
ReplyDeleteIt was always one hour episodes in Australia, not sure why it was half-hour episodes in the US. Maybe some sort of syndication thing?
And the mid-morning timeslot is unusual too. Not exactly breezy daytime fare.
Had there been any Aussie dramas on US TV before Prisoner? It might have been the first?
Prisoner was syndicated as a half-hour show, mainly to make it more easier to syndicate. Each hour episode was produced so that there was some sort of cliffhanger halfway into the hour; this way, the show can be easily split up into the half hour format. Owing to syndication, "Prisoner" was all over the clock: WGN Chicago carried it at 10PM before moving it to 12 Noon; KRIV Houston also had it in the mornings (10AM, I think); KYW Philadelphia and WTVX West Palm Beach carried it in afternoons (5PM and 4:30PM, respectively); and many stations carried it only in late night (such as WTOG Tampa Bay, at 11PM).
DeleteThe only other Aussie drama to air in the US (to my knowledge) was at the same time as Prisoner: "The Sullivans". While that series picked up more stations than Prisoner, it did not have the same staying power in the US -- it began in fall 1980, but was off by spring 1981.
Jon: Yes, ABC's late night reruns continued for another year, replaced in late October of '82, by a short-lived talk show, 'The Last Word'.
ReplyDeleteAt that time, Captain Kangaroo was reformatted to the short-lived early morning "Wake Up (With the Captain)" format. This is the first CBS affiliate I've noticed that didn't pick that up.
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